... cool was music and drugs and protesting "the man" and war. The 70's was the era of peace and love. Then came the 80's, a time when pop music blew up, monster ballads and hair metal was in. It was after this that we reached the 90's and cool took on many new faces that had ... say the concept of cool is more one of unity and one community mind. In the Frontline presentation, "The Merchants of Cool" they went into the teen culture and how it revolves around the concept of cool. This video went in to corporate America and tried to show they are capitalizing on the concept of cool among ... ...

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... when their personal image of themselves is in question. According to Kilbourne, "the ads create the discontent, along with the rest of popular culture-television shows, films, music, celebrity mania, etc. Very few girls had eating diso! rders when it was fashionable to be curvy and voluptuous ... own the most stylish clothes, beautiful, and certainly the longing to be with a gorgeous guy that encircle the women they see on television. "Pop culture commodities express personal taste, even identity and identification with a subculture. No one needs to sell young people on the key role of ...

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... to look at the history of the generation. Generation X was created by the media and was given its name because of a popular British punk rock band which consisted of the pop icon, Billy Idol. The years of which Generation X consists of are rather foggy. Douglas Coupland wrote a book called Generation X in which he classified anyone born from 1961 to 1981 as ... is important to take into account which class of people you are talking about; whether it be upper, middle, lower, etc. Each class has its own way of contributing to culture and society. A common claim about Generation Y is that ...

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... , kids become more individualized and fit in with certain social groups. Also, the way society views certain genres of music can affect the music preferences of children, especially with the pop culture stigma. As stated in "The Impact of Music, Music Lyrics, and Music Videos on Children", "A teenager's preference of music can be associated with certain behaviors or the ... to a certain type of music, and so they would. It does not necessarily have to do with their individual music tastes, but what will make them accepted my others. "Pop" or popular music has become very explicit in thei...

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Is Britney Too Sexy? Britney Spears is the teen pop princess and probably the most powerful influence on the children of today's society. Her barely-there wardrobe, the implants, her spicy lyrics and her "girl-next-door- fazade are the ... a point. She wanted to point out that it is difficult to raise confident young women who will stand up against domestic violence with so many negative images coming from popular culture. There are just so many incidents and gestures that Spears does that get critics riled up. Carol Weston, a mother and author of advice books for girls, thinks there is a li...

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... brought her tremendous commercial success in America and abroad. She has achieved the reputation as a forefront performer and entertainer. Madonna has influenced American culture through her aggressive acts and displays of sexuality, her inspiring, yet controversial music, and her outspokenness on many women"'s and controversial issues. ... York disc jockey Mark Kamins producing, she recorded "Everybody", a US club hit in 1982. Madonna broke out from the disco scene into mainstream pop with "Holiday", written and produced by Jellybean. It reached the US Top 20 in late 1983 and was a Top ...

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... as an accessory, to make the video more appealing to a larger audience, specifically male. Combined with the songs" melodies and lyrics, music videos along with the images of artists in pop culture today are powerful tools that can tattoo human minds and shape the attitudes of many. With this in mind, this paper will analyze the potential affects that the rap video ... videos may result in "the steady entrenchment of mainstream orientations for most viewers." (Bryant & Thompson 103) Sexism and the exploitation of women is a part of the learned mainstream American culture. Hip-hop cultur...

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... are sets of people, whose norms and values influence consumer's behavior. Values are the shared norms about what is right to think or do. It is what a culture considers to be worthy and desirable. A culture is the learned values, beliefs, language, symbols, and patterns of behavior shared by people in a society and passed on from generation to generation. Consumer behaviors are termed ... adults are looking for entertainment with context, such as information about song. Three shows that are on VH1 that cater to this are Behind the Music, Hard Rock Live, and Pop up video. The next group ...

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... up controversy with videos of her own, very much like that of the Madonna model. There are many figures in the entertainment industry that have had significant impacts on our culture. Madonna is one of many who have indeed identified a desire in audiences that were previously untapped. Madonna has made very unique contributions to the American imagination. From her outfits to ... worse, depending on how you look at it. Some mothers would have not wanted their children watching Madonna's videos, or reading her book, yet they know that Madonna has evolved a pop culture from the moment she...

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... songs of the day. For every headline there was a song by artists such as Bob Dylan, James Brown, Aretha Franklin, The Jefferson Airplane, and The Beatles. Some talked about normal pop culture subjects like: relationships, break-ups and other common subjects; but at the same time there were artists that were discussing pretty openly political and social issues. Folk artists like Bob ... movement had a musical revolution at it's core) by artists like Jimi Hendrix, The Beatles, etc San Francisco was bursting with rock activity and it became the center for the hippie culture. Thousands of m...

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... (especially female) have come to accept these actions as normal. However, these broadcast television shows pale in comparison to MTV's messages. For years, Britney Spears' fans have idolized her as a Pop Princess. Britney's songs include "Hit me baby one more time,"" and "Oops, I did it again."" These songs, as many of her others are laced with so much sexual innuendo you ... the idols of today's teen girls. Then parents wonder why their daughters are looking and acting like tramps. MTV gladly hands up these people to teens. This portrayal harms teen culture in a profound way and digres...

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... the range of a learning or poor musician, killing local traditions of music using native non-mass-produced instruments. This is combined with the relentless global marketing machine marketing glittering western pop music to the world. This global homogenisation of music was illustrated in a recent Reuters article ion which South African musicologist Andrew Tracey said that, " Globalisation is a big threat to traditional ... African Music-3 and that, " in cities and the more developed regions such as South Africa, modern music and imported culture are overwhelming tradition. The prolifer...

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